Early Middle Ages

500 to 1000 A.D.

A. natural disasters

B. constant invasions

C. the Black Death

Why did Europe decline between 400-700 AD?

A. FranksB. GothsC. Vandals

Which Germanic tribe created the strongest kingdom?

A. HastingsB. ToursC. the Bulge

The Franks converted to Christianity and stopped the Muslims from advancing further into Europe at the Battle of

A.CharlemagneB.ClovisC.Caesar

Who is being described?

•He was a Frankish king who built an empire.•Pope Leo crowned him Holy Roman Emperor•He spread Christianity and Roman Culture throughout his empire

A.Greece and Macedonia

B.Ireland, Great Britain and Denmark

C.France, Germany, and part of Italy

Charlemagne’s empire included which modern-day countries?

Charlemagne’s military conquests and alliance with the church helped

to blend which three traditions in Western Europe?

A.Scandinavian and Byzantine

B.Roman, Christian, and German

C.Hungarian and Mongol

Which invaders were expert sailors and ferocious fighters who came from

Scandinavia and settled in Russia?

A. Vikings

B. Angles and Saxons

C. Magyars

Which nomadic invaders came from Central Asia and settled in present-day

Hungary?

A. Vikings

B. Angles and Saxons

C. Magyars

A. Angles and Saxons

B. Mongols

C. Franks

Which invaders settled in Great Britain (England) ?

All of the following were effects of these invasions EXCEPT

A. towns emptied and declined

B. the feudal system was strengthened

C. trade increased

People who were bound to the land and provided labor for the manor were called

A. merchants

B. nobles

C.serfs

Why did people give up their freedom to become serfs for landholding lords?

A. high wages

B. excellent working conditions

C.protection

What provided protection from invaders?

A. manors with castles

B. Roman army

C. heavily armed serfs

Who held the real power in feudal society?

King

Lords

Vassals:Knights

Serfs (peasants)

A. king

B. lords (nobles)

C. serfs

In exchange for loyalty and military service, a landowning lord would give a

knight a parcel of land to rule called a

A. province

B. fief

C. territory

The knight who received the land was known as a

A. vassal

B. peasant

C. serf

A.manor

B.castle

C.plantation

The lord’s estate was called a

A.Vandals

B.Islamic religion

C.Roman Catholic Church

As the Roman Empire declined, what became the unifying force in Western Europe?

Who spread Christianity and brought the Latin alphabet to the Germanic

tribes?

A. artisans

B. scribes

C. missionaries

Where were Greco-Roman cultural achievements copied, illustrated and

preserved?

A.manor

B.monasteries

C.libraries

Who met the daily religious and social needs of the people?

A. local lords

B. the Pope

C.parish priests